The Riverdale actress is opening up about why she’s so open and public about their relationship.

“I feel like I see so much online of people being cynical about never being able to find love and it’s become, like, cool,” she told Glamour. “You don’t need it by any means. You can live without it, and you can totally be self-independent and happy. But you can also be in a great relationship that’s rewarding and loving and caring—and that exists.”

“Before I met Travis, I felt that way for a year. I was fully single and didn’t talk to anybody,” she continued. “And then I met him and was like, ‘Oh my God, this is what they say.’ It sounds patronizing when they say, ‘When you know, you know,’ but [now] I know.”

“He’s taught me how to be selfless and how to love, because I never knew I could love like that. I think that’s so interesting,” Madelaine concluded. “He’s said I do the same thing for him. We are extremely supportive of each other’s careers. We always have business ideas together. He’s my partner, and that’s what I love.”